男人 nánrén — man, adult male

Meanings

1. 1

   man, adult male

   A man. 男 on its own only modifies — 男老师 a male teacher — so the free noun needs 人 after it. In speech 男的 does the same job.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 男

  nán (second tone, rising)

  man, male

  7 strokes⿱田力Radical 田
• 人

  rén (second tone, rising)

  person, human being; people

  2 strokesRadical 人

Example sentences

• 那个男人是我爸爸的朋友。/那個男人是我爸爸的朋友。Nàge (fourth tone, falling) nánrén (second tone, rising) shì (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) bàba (fourth tone, falling) de (neutral tone) péngyou. (second tone, rising)···

  That man is a friend of my father’s.

• 我们公司的男人不多。/我們公司的男人不多。Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) gōngsī (first tone, high and level) de (neutral tone) nánrén (second tone, rising) bù (fourth tone, falling) duō. (first tone, high and level)···

  There aren’t many men at our company.

Similar words

Words containing 男

• 男nán (second tone, rising)male, man’s
• 男子nán (second tone, rising) zǐ (third tone, dipping)a man; a male
• 男生nán (second tone, rising) shēng (first tone, high and level)schoolboy
• 男性nán (second tone, rising) xìng (fourth tone, falling)the male sex
• 男朋友nán (second tone, rising) péng (second tone, rising) you (neutral tone)boyfriend
• 男女nán (second tone, rising) nǚ (third tone, dipping)male-female
• 男士nán (second tone, rising) shì (fourth tone, falling)man
• 男孩儿/男孩兒nán (second tone, rising) hái (second tone, rising) r (neutral tone)erhua variant of 男孩

Words containing 人

• 人rén (second tone, rising)person, people
• 有人yǒu (third tone, dipping) rén (second tone, rising)someone
• 人们/人們rén (second tone, rising) men (neutral tone)people
• 别人/別人biérén (second tone, rising)other people, others; somebody else
• 女人nǚrén (third tone, dipping)woman, adult female
• 人员/人員rén (second tone, rising) yuán (second tone, rising)staff
• 人生rén (second tone, rising) shēng (first tone, high and level)life (one's time on earth)
• 人民rén (second tone, rising) mín (second tone, rising)the people
• 人类/人類rén (second tone, rising) lèi (fourth tone, falling)humanity
• 个人/個人gèrén (fourth tone, falling)individual, oneself (as opposed to the group); personal
• 病人bìng (fourth tone, falling) rén (second tone, rising)sick person
• 人物rén (second tone, rising) wù (fourth tone, falling)person
• 家人jiā (first tone, high and level) rén (second tone, rising)family member
• 敌人/敵人dí (second tone, rising) rén (second tone, rising)enemy
• 人家rén (second tone, rising) jia (neutral tone)other people
• 人士rén (second tone, rising) shì (fourth tone, falling)person
• 客人kèrén (fourth tone, falling)guest, visitor; customer